When we are children, we don’t think about the need to exercise, we just do it. We are naturally motivated to do it and we call it play or ‘having an adventure’. As we get older, we are so busy moving from one obligation, job or task to another it's easy to forget the value of movement that...
Many assume that those who 'work out' naturally love exercise, but in truth, most people don't start that way. We certainly didn't and we are coaches, but we learned to love a new way of being. As they say, every master was once an apprentice. At FitRev, we witness members of our community...
It was 8 years and multiple Doctors visits before I was diagnosed as peri-menopausal. I thought my symptoms were unrelated. They included a gum infection (I lost 4 teeth), anxiety, fatigue, allergies, brain fog, body aches, low libido and insomnia. There are still needless barriers to...
Have you ever heard the saying ‘you can’t heal what you don’t feel?’ I’m not sure of its origin, but you’ll find it often quoted in articles about stress, health, trauma, and grief. Emotional numbness is both a coping mechanism and a barrier to embracing change. Even when that change could...
Do you eat your hot chips first and vegetables last or do you save the best for last? It’s more than a personal quirk, the order you eat your food actually matters. According to knowledgeable expert French biochemist Jessie Inchauspe (known on Instagram as the Glucose Goddess), the practice of...
It’s an often repeated phrase “comparison is the thief of joy” because we know it to be true, but why is it so hard to stop the thief? There is no denying that the constant urge to measure your progress against someone else's can lead to frustration, demotivation, and a dampened sense of...
Which part of your body defines your self-worth? Your abs, your thighs, your belly perhaps? Yes – we know it’s an odd question, so why do we dissect ourselves in the mirror? Why do we hyper focus on parts of our body, elevate their importance and cease to see them as part of the bigger...
While your body weight on the scales can sometimes be an indication of overall health, in many cases it's misleading, inaccurate and demoralising. Most scales are inaccurate or difficult to interpret accurately, even expensive ones. Moreover, if we lose body fat and gain muscle at the same...
Most people, if not all, will experience an episode of anxiety and/or depression in their lifetime, which may be short lived or long term. I’ve had bouts of anxiety throughout my life with varying degrees of severity. There’s been times I’ve had low level anxiety and others with a full-blown panic...
Caz is a goal setting champion, but it wasn’t always this way. She is like anyone else, she’s had her highs and her lows. So we thought we’d ask her how she made her breakthrough that transitioned her from 20kgs overweight and stressed out to a lifestyle of regular exercise and a sustainable...